Module 03

Compliance monitoring

We check the rules on every transaction, not a sample. Any problem goes to a named person, with the proof.

Illustration: compliance monitoring
What it checks

What the compliance monitoring module checks.

01
Every transaction

Each check runs on every trade and every holding. No samples.

02
Suitability on the portfolio

We check if the whole portfolio suits the client's risk rating, not just one trade.

03
Product approval

One rule for every way a product can enter a portfolio: upload, trade, link or typing it in. Nobody can skip it, not even an admin.

04
Personal account dealing

We check staff trades against client orders in the same security, including trades in the other direction.

05
Pre-trade approvals and complex products

A trade that needs approval waits until it gets one. A complex product needs its explanation and risk warning on file.

06
One page for senior management

Every check result, rule by rule, on one Senior Management Summary.

07
The rule names its source

Each check names the SFC paragraph behind it, for example FMCC 3.9.1 for opposite trades.

Null test

The checks only read data that reconciliation has already checked. So a check can never pass on data nobody has looked at.

What you get

What the compliance monitoring module gives you.

Output 1

A list of problems, each with one owner

Output 2

Senior Management Summary by rule

Output 3

A history of every check, ready for an SFC visit

Software

Runs every check on every transaction.

TAC team

Looks into each problem and writes down the result.

Your principals

Read the summary. Sign off the quarter.